Diddle Diddle Dumplings: Five Senses, Texture

Lesson Plan Week of: _________

THEME: Five Senses/Textures

GOALS:

· Language

o Recognize and trace “D”

o Identify the “Circle”

o Recognize first letter of their name

o Recognize and say their vocab words

o Recognize the number “1”, "2"
o Know one child in class by name

· Self-Help Skills

o Use fork/spoon at least twice during the week

o Use cup without lid, even if spilling

o Actively recognize when it’s clean-up time, and independently put away one toy

o Recognize when it is time to take off and put on jacket

· Cognitive

o Children will independently go to their circle time seat

o Participate in finger plays and songs (participate and memorize 2)

o Sit on spot during story time

o Recognize when to say please

· Emotional

o Appropriately share one toy when asked

o Recognize when they’re “sad”

· Physical

o “Jump” “Hop” and “Spin” when asked

· Social

o Play beside friends

Singing Time:

OPEN SING- Sing any songs that the kids want

Opening (circle time):

Ask children to find their seats
Music and Finger plays: Show Me if You Can

Where is your finger?
Where is your finger?
Where is your finger?
Show me if you can.

Good, now where’s your nose?
Now, where is your nose?
Now, where is your nose?
Show me if you can.

Great, now where are your eyes?
Now, where are your eyes?
Now, where are your eyes?
Show me if you can.

Wonderful, now where are you ears?
Now, where are your ears?
Now, where are you ears?
Show me if you can.

Last one, now where is your tongue?
Now where is your tongue?
Now where is your tongue?
Show me if you can.

Read-Aloud Story: *LIST BELOW, Find one at library for the week (You can read both a shape and color book each day or alternate)

Activity –Taste/Smell/Touch/See

PREPARATION

Fill little containers with different spices (salt, sugar, cinnamon, garlic…) and other fragrant foods (lemons, limes, bananas…). Also cut up some foods small so the children can taste and feel them. You can add non-food items too if you’d like for them to touch, see, and smell.

ACTIVITY

Pass the cups around and have all the children taste what’s in them. Talk about the different things they taste. Also have the children smell what’s in the cups. Talk about how smell affects taste. Than have them look at the small cut up food, and talk about it (banana’s are smooshy etc). Repeat the rhyme for each taste.

The (*lemon is sour).

How do I know?

My tongue told my brain,

So it must be so.

The (*rock is hard).

How do I know?

My skin told my brain,

So it must be so.

*cinnamon is spicy, sugar is sweet, etc
*pinecone is pokey, book is smooth, etc

Activity -Hear

PREPARATION

Make a CD with different sounds on it (doorbell ringing, horn honking, people talking, dog barking, etc.), also have pictures that depict each sound. (If you have a tablet you can download the app “Sound Touch HD” for $5.99, it has the sounds and pictures…. Works PERFECT for this activity!)

ACTIVITY

Use your ears, use your ears,
Listen now and hear!
Use your ears, use your ears,
What kind of sound do you hear?

Say the rhyme and then play the recording. Encourage children to listen carefully. Stop the tape after each sound, and ask the children to identify it. Have them look at the pictures and find the right matches if they need to. After all the sounds have been identified, have children think of other sounds they have heard (e.g. paper ripping, children laughing) and add these sounds to the CD.

Read the book LMNO PEAS by Keith Baker

o Introduce the letter “D”

· Phonics: Play Letter “D” Video

Center	Category	Day	Activity	Description	Materials Needed
Sensory		E	Squishy Balloons	Fill balloons with different textures (dry beans, coffee grounds, hair gel, baby powder, rice, water, etc. (try to find things that smell too). Tie securely. Have children explore feeling the different balloons. You can also have each of the fillings in bowls so the kids can match the balloons with the bowl.	Balloons Filling Materials Bowls
		E	Gak Explore	Make Gak 2 tablespoons of white glue; 2 tablespoons of water; 1 drop of food coloring; 2 teaspoons of borax solutionsee below Combine glue and water. Stir until mixed. Add food coloring. Stir to mix. Add borax solution. Stir until it is one blob. Drain excess liquid and knead for a minute or so. Borax solution: Stir 1 tablespoon of borax into 1 cup of warm water until dissolved. Provide noodles, buttons, coins, cookie cutters, etc. for the children to explore the gak with. Talk to them about what they are feeling. You can also add essential oils to the gak to make it smell.	White Glue Water Food Coloring Borax Noodles, buttons, coins, cookie cutters, etc.
		E	OOBLECK Sensory Table	Make OOBLECK (2 Cups Cornstarch, 1 Cup Water, Food Coloring), make enough batches to fill your sensory table to where you want it (I made 3 ½ batches, because that’s how much cornstarch came in my thing). Provide spoons, cups, etc. Have children explore with the OOBLECK. (OOBLECK will give a reaction to every action, for example if you hit it, it will harden, but if you stir it, it will liquefy!)	Cornstarch Water Food coloring Sensory Table Scooping toys
Centers	Sensory Art	T	Sandpaper Finger Painting	Take sandpaper (dollar store) and have kids finger paint on the sandpaper. Provide different fabrics or items with different textures that they can also paint on, or use as “brushes” to paint on the sandpaper. *You can mix in a little lotion or essential oil with the paint to make it smell nice too!	Sandpaper Finger Paints TEXTURES
	Creative Art	T	Sponge Painting	Get sponges (I used scrubby sponges). Have children dip sponges in a paint and make a picture! When they’re done you can have them add sequins, cotton balls, etc to add texture to the picture!!	Sponges Paint Paper Texture (sequins, cotton balls, etc.)
	Science	TH	Sight Walk	Take a walk with the kids (even if it’s just in your backyard). Talk to them about the different things they are seeing.
	Creative Art	TH	Bell Painting	Place paper on cookie sheets. Take lots of different size of bells. Have kids dip them in paint and then roll them around the paper. Talk to them about the sound the bell makes as they roll.	Cookie sheet Paper Bells Paint
	Cooking	F	Popcorn	Make popcorn (I do mine on the stove in a whirlypop) so the kids can hear it popping. Talk to them about the sounds they hear. After the popcorn is made pour a little into a bowl for each child. Have different spices, colored frostings, candy, etc available for them to “decorate” and flavor their own bowl of popcorn. Help the children to pour the spices etc and talk to them about what they are seeing, smelling, and tasting.	Popcorn Bowls Spices (cinnamon, chili powder, parmesan cheese etc) Colored Frosting Candy
Movement/Music		E	Marching Fun	March to the beat of a drum. Teacher beats on a drum slow and then fast. Have the children move accordingly to the beat.	Drum
Movement/Music		E	Noise Hide and Seek	Supply one child with a bell or whistle. Have them hide while making noise. The first child to find the hiding child is the next one to hide.	Bell/Whistle